Device for removing ashes or like refuse.



No. 654,823. Patented July 3|; I900.

m; n. BERITZHOFF. E

DEVlCEEOR REMOVING ASHES 0B LIKE REFUSE.

(Application filed Aug. 12, 1899.) i

mad/41 4 68$ 5 f I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICi MARY a. BERITZHOFF, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE, FOR REMOVING sense on LIKE REFUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersiI a tentNo. 654,823, dated July 31, 1900. Applicatlon filad August 12, 189?, fittittl llc 726,968} (No medal.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, MARY R. BERITZHOFF, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Device for Removing Ashes or Like Refuse, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for removing ashes and like refuse without permitting the escape of dust usually resulting from such operations; and it consists of an ash receptacle and a conveyer for E is used in the usual manner to remove delivering the refuse thereto so constructed and arranged that when conjointly used they constitute a completely-closed chamber, from which no dust can escape.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section through my improved device, showing the relation of the elements thereof when in operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the refuse-receptacle. Figs. 3 and 4 show, respectively, plan and side views of the ash collecting and conveying member.

In the drawings, A represents an ash receptacle or receiver, in shape similar to the ordinary coal hod or bucket, having the rear portion of its mouth covered over by a permanent cover B, the side-and rear edges of which correspond in curvature and are seamed or otherwise secured to the upper edges of the receiver. The forward edge of this cover B,

which extends, preferably, a short distance in front of the cars a, to which the bail b is pivotally secured, conforms to a straight transverse plane and is provided with suitable knuckles formed therein, to which the lid 0, covering the mouth of the receiver in front of the cover B, is hinged. The side and forward portions of the edges of this cover Q conform to the curvature of the edges of the receptacle covered thereby and preferably are flanged downward, so as to lap down past the edges of the same. Near the center ofits length this lid 0 is provided with a transversely-elem gated opening D, corresponding in shape and size with the transverse contour of the ashcollector E. V

E represents the ash collecting and conveying member of the device, which consists of able handle 6, as shown.

of the scoop for about one-half its length is the usual shapedscoop commonly possessed by stove-shovels and is provided with a suit- The rear portion covered over by a suitable plate f, the edges of which rest upon and are secured to the upper edges of the rear and sides of the scoop,

and the front portion of said scoop is covered over by a lid F, which is hinged to the forward transverse edges of the plate f. The side edges of this lid F are preferably flanged downward, so as to lap over the edges of the forward portion of the sides of the scoop about as shown in the drawings.

In operation the ash collector and conveyer ashes from stoves, and when laden with the same is withdrawn. If the quantity of ashes in the scoop of the conveyer does not lift the lid F thereof from the positionshown in the drawings,.the conveyer is inserted through the opening D of the lid of the ash-receptacle in the manner shown in Fig. 1 and dumps the ashes into said receptacle without permitting the dust arising therefrom to escape. If the quantity of ashes in the conveyer should lift the lid of the same from the position shown in the drawings, then when said ashconveyer is inserted through opening D of the receptacle said lid as the conveyer is pushed downward will assume the position shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1 and will shut and eifec tually prevent the escape of any dust arising from the dumping of the ashes into the ashreceiver.

What I claim as new is- 1. In a device for removing refuse, the combination with a receptacle having an aperture therein, of devices for delivering the refuse thereto consisting of a conveyer adapted to register with said aperture when delivering the refuse thereto, whereby said opening is closed by said conveyer and the escape of dust prevented, substantially'as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a receptacle having a dust ret-aining cover provided with an opening therein, of a conveyer for delivering refuse through said opening, arranged, when in engagement with said opening, to close the same, substantially as set forth.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a receptacle having an opening in its top, of a conveying member for delivering refuse through said opening, said member being open on one side only, and corresponding in transverse eontonrwith the shape of said opening, whereby when said conveyer is in delivering position 111910898,

, the opening in said receptacle, substantially as set forth. s V. a V, v.

4. In a device for removing ashes and like refuse, the combination with a receptacle having anopening in the top thereof, of a conveyer for delivering refuse tosa-id reeep tacle, comprising a scoop open at itstop and end, whose transverse contour corresponds", with the dimensions of the said opening, and r a, lid hinged to said scoop and adapted to to saidst-ationary cover,substantially as set forth MARY R. BERITZHOFF.

Witnesses: o

M.. FRIEL,

close, the topof said scoop, whereby saidcon- 1 V FRANK D. THOMASON. V

having a stationary cover f, and a lid F hinged 3o 

